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GHIST Ch. 21

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c. oil, tin and rubber.
The "new" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and Asia in the
nineteenth century included

a. gold and silver.
b. cloves and pepper.
c. oil, tin and rubber.
d. tea, silk, and porcelain.
e. ivory and rayon.
d. manufactured goods to be sent from Asia to Europe.
In the nineteenth century, European nations exploited areas of Asia and Africa for the following except

a. raw materials, to be used in European factories.

b. markets these regions provided for European manufactured goods.

c. opportunities for European cultural expansion, including religious conversion.

d. manufactured goods to be sent from Asia to Europe.
b. was motivated by a desire to control markets as well as raw materials.
In the nineteenth century, imperialism

a. motivated Russia to seize Afghanistan and Burma in the 1860s.

b. was motivated by a desire to control markets as well as raw materials.

c. was denounced by all major European powers until 1874.

d. was notable for Britain's advocacy of cultural assimilation.

e. was confined, in practice, to East Asia and western South America.
e. after former European colonies were replaced by independent nation-states.
The term 'neocolonialism' refers to European colonial tactics

a. after the 16th century.
b. in all parts of the world except Africa.
c. after the abolition of the slave trade.
d. in Africa only.
e. after former European colonies were replaced by independent nation-states.
e. both a and b
Remote location and mountainous terrain spared which of the following from colonial rule?

a. Ethiopia.
b. Afghanistan.
c. Japan.
d. Kenya.
e. both a and b
d. Japan.
A rising non-western nation that avoided colonial subjugation by pursuing a concerted strategy of
political and economic reform was

a. Liberia.
b. Ethiopia.
c. Afghanistan.
d. Japan.
e. Persia.
a. We should produce a class that is Indian in blood and color but English in taste and intellect.
What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for Britain's Indian
subjects?

a. We should produce a class that is Indian in blood and color but English in taste and intellect.

b. If you lift up the poor, they become better manual laborers.

c. Do not try to educate poor Indians, for it is an impossible task.

d. Education beyond the basics will serve to incite rebellion.

e. We need English-educated Indian soldiers to help us fight insurrection in Africa.
b. Burma retained its independence.
Which of the following is not a true statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in
Southeast Asia?

a. The British established their control over the spice islands.

b. Burma retained its independence.

c. The French forcibly created their Indochinese Union.

d. Thailand remained independent, as a result of mutual British and French interests.

e. The Philippines became an American spoil of war with Spain, in spite of efforts by local insurgents to change that outcome.
e. it revived in East Asia because of the opium trade.
All of the following are correct about the slave trade except it...?

Correct:
a. was in decline by the early 1800s.
b. was ended in Denmark in 1803.
c. led Britain to establish settlements in Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast on which to settle
freed slaves.
d. essentially ended when the slave trade in the United States, Cuba, and Brazil was
abolished.
e. it revived in East Asia because of the opium trade.
c. obtained great fame from his African missionary and anti-slavery work.
David Livingstone

a. was the first European to climb Mount Ararat.

b. personally put an end to the Zanzibar slave market with his "Green Band Army."

c. obtained great fame from his African missionary and anti-slavery work.

d. discovered the source of the Nile.

e. constructed an Anglican cathedral on the former site of the Zanzibar slave market.
d. Dutch
The Boers were predominantly of what ethnic background?

a. Zulu
b. English
c. Welsh
d. Dutch
e. Khoisan
d. was the northeastward migration of the Boers after the British take-over of the Cape Colony.
The Great Trek

a. was ordered by the French government.

b. took place before the Boers encountered the Zulus.

c. was a Zulu march led by their ruler named Shaka.

d. was the northeastward migration of the Boers after the British take-over of the Cape Colony.

e. took place as a result of Khoisan and Bantu military clashes.
d. the British were more sympathetic to the rights of the local population than were the
Boers.
In southern Africa during the 1800s

a. the French established an impregnable fortress at Zanzibar.

b. Belgian troops were driven out of the Cape area after they had tried to conquer the Boers.

c. the racially tolerant Boers were able to organize a biracial, intertribal force which successfully resisted the British army for three years.

d. the British were more sympathetic to the rights of the local population than were the Boers.

e. the Boer commander, General Shaka, proved to be an effective political and military leader.
Germany - Congo
Which of the following pairs, naming the European power and its African holding, is not correct?

a. Germany - Congo
b. Italy - Libya
c. Belgium - Congo
d. France - Madagascar
e. Britain - Gold Coast
e. fear of Russian economic expansion into Central Africa.
European powers rushed to increase their penetration of Africa because of all except

a. pressures generated by the spread of industrialization.

b. rivalries that existed among the various nations of Europe.

c. a desire to extend Christianity throughout Africa.

d. technological advantages of the Europeans over the native Africans.

e. fear of Russian economic expansion into Central Africa.
c. The competition among the European powers to create an African industrial revolution.
Which of the following was not linked to the European "missionary factor" as a motivation to conquer
the peoples of Africa?

a. The belief in the tenets of social Darwinism.

b. The acceptance of the concept of the "White Man's Burden."

c. The competition among the European powers to create an African industrial revolution.

d. The desire to spread Christianity.

e. The attempt to bring some medical knowledge and assistance.
d. David Livingstone.
The missionary who urged Europeans to introduce the "three Cs" (Christianity, commerce and civilization) was

a. Eleazir Thornton.
b. Willson Wallace.
c. Thomas Stanley.
d. David Livingstone.
e. Wilton S. Parmenter.
b. established guidelines to ease the frictions created by European ambitions in Africa.
The Berlin Conference of 1884

a. settled the Boer War.

b. established guidelines to ease the frictions created by European ambitions in Africa.

c. led to a large-scale German attack on British colonial property in Kenya.

d. devised a system for collaborative missionary activity in Africa.

e. was convened by Queen Victoria.
b. was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer-held Transvaal region.
The Boer War

a. was caused by German refusal to stop arming the Boers.

b. was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer-held Transvaal region.

c. established East Africa as an independent nation.

d. settled all animosities between the British and the Afrikaners.

e. established the concept of majority rule in South Africa.
c. Cambodia
By 1900, the seizure of what region led to its incorporation into the Indochinese Union?

a. Algeria
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. the Sumatra archipelago
e. Burma
d. often blended direct and indirect rule, with the latter used widely in rural areas such as Malaya.
In Southeast Asia, imperialist governments

a. fostered intensive industrial development and were widely successful, as rural peasant percentages had dropped below fifty in Vietnam and Java by 1905.

b. established mass educational systems to educate peasant children for citizenship and industrial work.

c. practiced a policy of peaceful coexistence.

d. often blended direct and indirect rule, with the latter used widely in rural areas such as Malaya.

e. contracted with private Asia conglomerates to administer their colonies.
d. The Union of South Africa.
By combining the old Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer Republics in 1910, the British created the

a. Zambezi Federation.
b. Liberia
c. Zaire.
d. The Union of South Africa.
e. Rhodesia
c. France.
Colonial policies reflecting a relative lack of racist attitudes, and the revolutionary belief in the
universality of human nature, were practiced by

a. the United States.
b. England.
c. France.
d. Germany.
e. Italy.
b. French.
Emphasis on assimilation of African subjects to the imperialists' culture, rather than preserving local
traditions characterized the practice of the

a. English.
b. French.
c. Belgians.
d. Dutch.
e. Germans.
a. Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal /
Berlin Conference over Africa / Boer War
Which of the following denotes an accurate order of events?

a. Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal / Berlin Conference over Africa / Boer War

b. Berlin Conference over Africa / Boer War / Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal

c. Berlin Conference over Africa / Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal / Boer War

d. Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Boer War / Berlin Conference over Africa / Opening of the Suez Canal

e. Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal / Boer War / Conference over Africa
True
The term 'neo-colonialism' refers to European colonial tactics after World War II.
False
In the nineteenth century, "legitimate trade" unfortunately still included the African slave trade.
True
Slavery in Africa continued well after it had been abolished by European nations.
False
Afrikaners were black African opponents of the Dutch Boers in South Africa.
True
The opening of the Suez Canal preceded the Berlin Conference over Africa.
False
In order to avoid violence and to gain the popular support of colonial peoples, the Europeans generally
quickly introduced democratic institutions in their colonies.
True
In Southeast Asia, the European emphasis on cash crops led in many areas to the replacement of
subsistence agriculture by the growth of large plantations.
False
In general, the British preferred direct rule, while the French usually implemented indirect rule in their
African colonies.
True
In most of East Asia, such as in Japan, imperialism did not result in the establishment of formal
Western colonial control.
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